ENG 283E: Our Premodern Epics: How Epics Create Culture and Vice Versa

Gilgamesh

We have been telling variations of Gilgamesh for over 4,000 years. Coming to modern readers and listeners from Mesopotamia, this is a story that still enjoys an active life today. Here are five modern iterations of the story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

 

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